The morning after...

[Abugabby]

I'm vacillating between bummed out and pissed off. I would like to know how many points we gave up this year when we had big leads but went on to lose. It has to be some kind of record...probably in the neighborhood of 50 points.

Maybe later I will do the research...or maybe not. Maybe I should "un-invest" myself for the year. I made lots of declarations last night about never watching Purdue again, not getting emotionally invested in the games or the players, etc. My wife was like "Yeah, right".

The last remaining interest I have in the tournament is rooting for IU to lose, but even that's lost some of its appeal since we're not in it.

It's not even like I expect us to win a national championship. When we lose soundly I'm cool with it. Not happy but cool and calm.

But when you have your foot on the throat of your opponent and you can't put him away...it just takes it out of me. Purdue shits the bed in big games. I just have to accept it.

Sigh...

 

[SIBoiler2]

Interesting how your perspective of what is important changes over time. With retirement mere months away I reflected on where I stand on the Boiler after yesterday. Retirement is going to mean relocation to S Carolina from S IL. For many years I was a hard core waterfowl hunter. Lived and died for it. A location for retirement had to include that in the plan. Over the past 3 years I've walked away from that passion. No longer even remotely a need. I have a treasure trove of memories to sustain that need so it's no longer important. So I've considered the necessity of TV programming with the BTN on board when I move. With our FB program somewhere below cellar dwelling and the ongoing inability to get the job remotely completed on the BB court I don't believe the extra $$ to continue the pain of watching the Boilers is important as I go forward. Sure I'll catch a game if/when they are relevant but I'm not going to chase it like I have since I was about 12 years old. I have a full memory bank of days in Ross Ade and Mackey and listening and watching on radio and TV and that will have to sustain me going forward. I'll always remain a fan although a very noninvolved one and once an alum always an alum but I'm going to back away, a long way away.